Summer School on Medicinal Chemistry 2016

14.11.2016

The 8th International Summer School “Medicinal Chemistry”, organized by the DFG Research Training Group GRK1910 “Medicinal Chemistry of Selective GPCR Ligands”, took place at the University of Regensburg, September 21 – 23, 2016. Sixteen distinguished scientists from academia and industry accepted the invitation to contribute to a program combining teaching and cutting-edge research.

High-Class GPCR Meeting organized by GLISTEN and GRK1910

12.04.2016

As an initiative of the COST-funded GLISTENnetwork in collaboration with the GRK 1910 research group an outstanding group of GPCR experts from the research community and industry met in Erlangen to discuss the latest and hottest topics regarding ligand-receptor interactions, crystal structures and transmembrane signalling.

Over 170 participants had to chance to attend the talks of highly prominent speakers including Nobel laureate Brian Kobilka. Additionally, 75 posters were presented during two sessions.

Workshop at Amgen Research GmbH in Regensburg

10.11.2015

A group of RTG fellows visited the high throughput screening facilities of Amgen Research GmbH in Regensburg.

According to official numbers the HTS lab screeens more than 15 million compounds per year for a variety of different targets. After an introductory talk describing Amgen's screening approaches and strategies, a tour through the HTS labs provided a vivid impression about lab automation and standardization. The day was completed by a mini-workshop on label-free approaches to monitor cell-based assays with special emphasis on GPCR as targets.

Workshop on High Troughput Screening

14.10.2015

On Monday, November 9, GRK members will visit the High Throuput Screening facilities of Amgen (https://www.amgen.de/) in Regensburg in the morning, followed by a mini-workshop on label-free technologies in the afternoon.

Retreat 2015: Hot scientific discussions on Schloss Thurnau

24.07.2015

At very summery temperatures above 30°C the second retreat of the Research Training Group took place on 22st-23nd July. After two great talks by Prof. Uwe Sonnewald and Prof. Torsten Kuwert the RTG members reported on their current projects, which formed the starting point for many fruitful and lively discussions.

To see some impressions of the retreat, please click on the picture below.

Research Day 2015

22.06.2015

The Research Day of the Emil Fischer Graduate Programme will take place on July 9th 2015.

Summer School 2014

25.10.2014

The 7th Summer School “Medicinal Chemistry” took place from 17th-19th Sep in Regensburg. Speakers from all around the world were invited to present their latest findings in drug research, GPCR structure and function as well as anti-infectives. PhD students presented their projects by posters or short oral presentations. The dinner in the evening provided an excellent framework for fruitful scientific and non scientific discussions.

To see some impressions of the event, please click on the picture below.

Talk Dr. Mélanie Hall

20.10.2014

Dr. Mélanie Hall (Department of Chemistry, University of Graz, Austria) will give a talk on the "Development of Biocatalytic Tools for the Synthesis of Enantiopure Molecules".

Retreat 2014: "What belongs together, grows together"

24.07.2014

The first retreat of the Research Training Group took place on 21st-22nd July. After two days with great talks by Prof. Roland Seifert and Prof. Joachim Hornegger, 24 progress reports of the PhD students and postdocs, and a lot lot of fruitful communication the group really welded together.

To see some impressions of the retreat, please click on the picture below.

Research Day 2014

03.07.2014

The Research Day of the Emil Fischer Graduate Programme will take place on July 10th 2014.

Date and venue confirmed for Retreat 2014

We are happy to announce that the date and venue of the Retreat 2014 can now be confirmed.

The event will take place on July 21st-22nd at the conference hotel Behringers next to Gößweinstein in the "Fränkische Schweiz".

1. Workshop 2014

17.02.2014

Current members of the GRK 1910 (click to enlarge)

The first workshop of our Research Training Group was held in Regensburg on February 13-14th.

Doctoral students, postdocs and supervisors met to get to know each other and to learn about all the starting research projects and teaching events. Additionally, Prof. Dr. Morten Grøtli (University of Gothenburg) gave a lecture about developing MEK and RET Inhibitors. Prof. Tim Clark introdoced the brand new web-based modeling server.

The assembly of graduates and postdocs elected Kilian Kuhn (UR) and Thorsten Schäfer (FAU) as Student representatives.

Some impressions of the workshop: (click to enter picture gallery)

Kick-off Meeting

22.11.2013

The first official event of the Research Training Group took place on November 21st. The FAU hosted the Kick-off Meeting featuring the following four invited speakers: